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Abstract| Volume 39, ISSUE 9, SUPPLEMENT , e29, September 2014

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Outcomes of Revision Surgical Treatment of the Ulnar Nerve for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

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      Patients undergoing revision surgical treatment of the ulnar nerve at the elbow for cubital tunnel syndrome will have worse results compared to patients successfully treated with primary surgery.
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